What should I do if my hands are very spicy when touching a chili pepper?

When cooking, we need to use condiments such as chili peppers. People usually handle chili peppers directly with their hands. As we all know, chili peppers contain capsaicin. If they come into direct contact with hands, the food may be very spicy. Especially if there are wounds on hands, you will feel a strong spicy pain, and it may even cause redness of the skin on your hands. How should you solve this problem at this time?

What should I do if my hands are burned by chili peppers?

Rinse with clean water. When your hands are burned by chili peppers, immediately rinse and rub your hands under running water. If you still feel the spiciness, soak your hands in hot water before washing.

vinegar. Pour kitchen vinegar on the parts of your hands that feel spicy, apply it repeatedly and keep it on for a while. Don't rush to wash off the vinegar.

salt. Pour table salt on the palm of your hand, then rub your hands vigorously. You may feel a burning sensation, which is normal. Finally, wash your hands with soapy water and your hands will no longer feel spicy.

toothpaste. First wash your hands with soap, then apply toothpaste to the painful area. After the toothpaste dries, wash it off. Repeat one or two times, and the pain will generally be effectively relieved.

White sugar. Sprinkle white sugar on the spicy part of your hand. The sugar will stick to your hand. Then wash it off when you no longer feel the pain.

tea. Drain the brewed tea leaves and pour them on the spicy part of your hands, rub them back and forth, and the pain will generally be relieved to a certain extent.

milk. After wiping your hands with white wine one or two times, soak them in fresh milk for a few minutes. You can take your hands out after the pain in your hands is relieved.

Usually when your fingers are stung by a sting, you rinse them with cold water or wash them with soap, but it doesn’t help. The pain is still there, and cold water can only temporarily relieve the pain.

What should I do at this time? Today Xiaoyou will teach you some tips.

1. Makeup remover or cooking oil

First of all, the burning sensation on your hands after cutting peppers is because peppers contain a substance called capsaicin. Once this substance comes into contact with the skin, it will cause the skin to become hot and red, and will also stimulate the pain nerves to cause discomfort.

But capsaicin is insoluble in water, so soaking in ice water or salt water will not help. However, here is a piece of knowledge: capsaicin is fat-soluble! Fat soluble!

Therefore, you can use oily substances such as cooking oil, makeup remover, nail polish remover, etc. to dissolve it and relieve the burning sensation on your hands.

2. Vinegar or lemon juice

Continue to mark the knowledge points.

Capsaicin is actually also called capsaicin. As the name suggests, it is an alkaline substance. You have never heard of "fat soluble" but you have always heard of "acid-base neutralization".

Therefore, just apply acidic substances on your hands to neutralize capsaicin and relieve pain.

So, what is acidic?

The most common vinegar in our daily life is white vinegar. If you have lemons at home, using lemon juice will be better.